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A tree on Ancestry says that Edward died 1946 Karachi -- but doesn't offer proof.

The tree doesn't mention Melita, although lists several siblings - four brothers, and Helen.
It does list a Milly, who is probably Melita - no dates given, suggested birth and death in India, but clearly a guess.

" Her family moved to India at some point"

I think from the records above, that it's likely that Edward was already serving in India, and Lily went with him after their marriage - or immediately after Melita's birth.

Lily Jane Cork
in the India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948
Name: Lily Jane Cork
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 56
Birth Date: 1873
Death Date: 15 Jun 1929
Burial Date: 16 Jun 1929
Burial Place: Bombay, India
Spouse: Edward Cork
FHL Film Number: 462976

Lily Jane Downton
in the Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Lily Jane Downton
Baptism Date: 25 Dec 1876
Baptism Place: Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, England
Father: Herbert Downton
Mother: Ellen Downton

Aha! Both Lily and Edward in 1901:

Lilly Jane Downton
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Lilly Jane Downton
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Herbert Downton
Mother: Ellen Downton
Birth Place: Glanville Wooton, Dorset, England
Civil Parish: Corscombe
Ecclesiastical parish: Corscombe St Mary
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Education:
Employment status:
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Registration district: Beaminster
Sub-registration district: Evershot
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2009
Folio: 6
Page Number: 3
Household schedule number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Herbert Downton 52
Ellen Downton 50
Lilly Jane Downton 24
Arthur John Downton 15
Christopher Downton 16
Alfred Ernest Downton 14
Bertha Elsie Downton 12
Margaret May Downton 8
Edward Cork 27 - visitor - soldier - born Tunbridge Wells

You probably have all this, Jan - but in case not:

Melita's parents:

Marriages Jun 1901 (>99%)
Cork Edward Beaminster 5a 759
Downton Lily Jane Beaminster 5a 759


Edward Cork
in the England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999
Name: Edward Cork
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 5 May 1901
Marriage Place: Corscombe, Dorset, England
Spouse: Lily Jane Downton
FHL Film Number: 002427491


Births of a couple of sisters of Melita:

Bertha Beatrice Cork
in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Name: Bertha Beatrice Cork
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1903
Baptism Date: 8 Oct 1903
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Quetta, Bengal, India
Father: Edward Cork
Mother: Lily Jane
FHL Film Number: 527519


Helen Louisa Beatrice Cork
in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Name: Helen Louisa Beatrice Cork
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1908
Birth Place: Bombay, India
Baptism Date: 17 Jan 1909
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Bolaha, Bombay, India
Father: Edward Cork
Mother: Lilly Jane
FHL Film Number: 523891


Ancestry suggests this is Edward in 1891:

Edward Cork
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Edward Cork
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Relationship: Son
Birth Year: 1872
Father: Charles Cork
Birth Place: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Aldershot
Residence Place: Aldershot, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Sub registration district: Frimley
ED, Institution or Vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 563
Folio: 143
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Cork 59
Elizabeth Cork 57
Edward Cork 19 - Post Office clerk
Maria Lusia Cork 15
Beatrice Cork 11
Mahalah Ellen Cork 47
Joseph Stevens 75

His father was born in Bengal, and the rest of the family in various places in England.

A possible
View England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Name: Melita May Smith
Death Date: 18 Aug 1990
Death Place: Portsmouth Hants
Probate Date: 3 Oct 1900
Registry: Winchester


Edit no it's the wrong lady

Melita May Smith
Death Age: 65
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1925
Registration Date: Aug 1990
Registration district: Southampton
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 20
Page: 987

View England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Just as info comes up

Name: Melita May Cork
Registration Year: 1902
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Dover
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1042



Name: Malita May Cork
Gender: Female
Birth Place: 40 Trevanion Street
Baptism Date: 11 May 1902
Baptism Place: Dover, Kent, England
Father: Edward Cork
Mother: Lily Jane Cork
FHL Film Number: 1786362



Name: Melita May Cork
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1902
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1924
Marriage Place: Karachi, Bombay, India
Father: Edward Cork
Spouse: Bernard Os Smith
FHL Film Number: 528105

Thanks a million for that info Argyllgran, great find. Another bit of the jigsaw! Much appreciated. :-)

Just for our reference:


Bernard Os Smith
in the India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948
Name: Bernard Os Smith
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1898
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1924
Marriage Place: Karachi, Bombay, India
Father: Henry R. Smith
Spouse: Melita May Cork
FHL Film Number: 528105


Bernard Oswald Smith
in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Name: Bernard Oswald Smith
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1898
Baptism Date: 19 Mar 1898
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Quetta, Bengal, India
Father: Henry Robert Smith
Mother: Amy
FHL Film Number: 512367


Bernard Oswaald Smith
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Bernard Oswaald Smith
Death Age: 78
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1898
Registration Date: Jun 1976
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 15
Page: 1308

And thanks to Argyllgran too x

Sorry Dea, crossed posts! This is for someone else, and her info is very limited, so please bear with me.
Her birth name was Melita/Malita May Cork born 1902 Dover. Her family moved to India at some point and she married a Bernard Smith in Bombay in 1924.
The family story goes that she died in childbirth, and that's all they have really. Her parents died in India, some of her siblings left & ended up all over the place.
x

Suggestions -

https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/

FMP:
https://tinyurl.com/ya7e97zm

https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/IorIntro.aspx

FamilySearch:
https://tinyurl.com/yb8j3wzs

Thanks Shirley. Please could you tell me where these might be found?

It is possible that it might have been mentioned in a British Newspaper?

Do you want to give us some details so that we can take a look?

Dea x

If they were there as employees of the East India Company then you may find records

Good morning all.
Another one of my challenges!
Please can anyone tell me if it is possible to find a death for a British subject in India sometime after 1924? I've tried googling but no luck as yet.
Thanks.
Jan x